Karen Holland - Artist

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Contact Karen Holland:

 

Studio 410 - Parker Street Studios 

 

1000 Parker Street, Vancouver

 

Email: art.by.karen.h@gmail.com

 

 

Website: artbykarenholland.com

    

 

Websites: www.culturecrawl.ca 

 

 

Education:

 

     

Degree Programs:

 

 

Simon Fraser University: Graduate Diploma in Education   2006

 

Brandon University: Bachelor of Education A.D. II 1989

 

Brandon University: Bachelor of Arts with Greatest Distinction 1987

 

 


Workshops and Classes:

 

Emily Carr University: Open Studio Layering Techniques - with Jeanne Krabbendam

                                                                                                                 (6 – 4-hour sessions) October 2013

 

Emily Carr University: Exploring the Built Surface: Gels and Wax – with Jeanne Krabbendam

                                                                                                                                    (8 sessions) June 2013

            

Emily Carr University: Anything But the Brush – with Jeanne Krabbendam (8 sessions) June 2013

 

Emily Carr University: Using Colour II – with Martin Guderna (6 sessions) March 2012

 

Salt Water Studio: Catch the Light – with Jeanne Krabbendam  November 2011

 

Emily Carr University: The Built Surface – with Jeanne Krabbendam  (6 sessions)  November 2011

 

Emily Carr University: Technique Boot Camp I – with Elizabeth Barnes  (6 sessions) September 2011

 

Emily Carr University: Painting Fundamentals II – with Martin Guderna (6 sessions)  March 2011

 

Emily Carr University: Drawing to Painting – with Lori Goldberg (6 sessions) March 2011

 

Emily Carr University: Painting Fundamentals I – with Martin Guderna (8 sessions)  January 2011

 

 

Exhibitions:

 

Culture Crawl, Parker Street Studios, Vancouver November 17 - 21st, 2016

 

Parker Art Salon,  Parker Street Studios, Vancouver, April 22 - 24th, 2016

 

Culture Crawl, Parker Street Studios, Vancouver November 19 - 22, 2015

 

Harbour Art,  Vancouver Maritime Museum, October 6 - January 6, 2015

 

No Future Without a Past, Britannia Mine Museum, September - October 2015 

 

Parker Art Salon - Parker Street Studios, Vancouver,  May 1 - 3, 2015

 

Leigh Square Gathering Place Exhibition, 2253 Leigh Square Place, Port Coquitlam, May to July, 2015

 

Solo Show, "Altered States," Fraser View Gallery, 11295 Mellis Drive, Richmond, BC,  March 2015

 

Culture Crawl, Parker Street Studios, Vancouver, November 2014


Piece of Mind Exhibition at UBC Student Run Art Gallery,  October 27 - Novermber 7, 2014

 

Inpsired by Emily, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC ,  August 27th - September 7th, 2014  

 

Oil and Water, South Delta Artists Guild, Gallery 1710, Tsawwassen, July  24 - August 23, 2014

Accredited by the Federation of Canadian Artists

 

Student Art Show:”Mixx” Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, June 2014

 

Break Through, The Cultch, Vancouver, June 2014

 

Bully-Free, Summerland Arts, Summerland, April 2014

 

Artists in our Midst, Vancouver, April 2014

 

Breaking Ground, Britannia Mine Museum, April 2014

 

Good Vibrations, Semiahmoo Arts, White Rock, Second Prize Winner, March-April 2014

 

Project Wall, New Arts Program Exhibit, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA, March-April 2014

 

Out of the Rain, Vancouver, October 2013

 

The Coast Art Show, Vancouver, September 2013

 

The Coast Art Show, Vancouver, September 2012

 

The Gathering Place, Vancouver, April 2012

 

 

Professional Experience:

 

“Stained Glass” Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 2009

 

Perspectives Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 2007      

 

Art Project Workshops – 2 day events, 100 students 2002-5

 

Silk Painting Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 1999

 

Fabric Dying Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 1998

 

 

Commissions:

           

“Untitled” for H. Sawatzky, Kelowna in progress

 

“Abundance” for N. Hundal, Vancouver 2012

 

“Reminiscence” for G. Sawatzky, Manitoba 2001

 

“Irises” for Dr. P. Bunnell, Vancouver 2000

 

“Window” for D. Ferguson, Vancouver  1999

 

 

Charitable Art Work:

 

Coast Mental Health – Art Room Volunteer/Mentor/Facilitator – November, 2011 and ongoing

Union Gospel Mission - "Santuary" donation of a piece - March 2015

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - donated works for fund-raising auction - April 2015

 

 

Collections:

 

Private Collectors in Greater Vancouver, Kelowna, Manitoba

 

 

 

 

 

my . artist run website